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International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The ICRC has a legal mandate from the international community. That mandate has two sources: the Geneva Conventions, which task the ICRC with visiting prisoners, organizing relief operations, re-uniting separated families and similar humanitarian activities during armed conflicts; the ICRC's Statutes, which encourage it to undertake similar work in situations of internal violence, where the Geneva Conventions do not apply. The Geneva Conventions are binding instruments of international law, applicable worldwide. The ICRC Statutes are adopted at the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which takes place every four years, and at which States that are party to the Geneva Conventions take part, thereby conferring a quasi-legal or “soft law” status on the Statutes.  Website: www.icrc.org/
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Annual Report 2015 - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

9 May 2016 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Annual Report 2014 - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

9 June 2015 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Annual Report 2013 - Democratic Republic of the Congo

14 May 2014 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Civilians must be spared the fighting in Goma

23 December 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Growing concern for victims of fighting in North Kivu

1 November 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Civilians in danger

29 August 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

DR Congo: Situation still very precarious in east of country

21 June 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

ICRC Annual Report 2012 - Democratic Republic of the Congo

May 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Annual Reports

DR of the Congo: In east of country, suffering such as rarely seen

25 April 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

DR Congo: Violence against civilians in Masisi must stop

7 March 2013 | Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) | Document type: Country News

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